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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 1d

Tune into Radio 3 Unclassified on Sunday night, where I’ll be in the Listening Chair talking about the beauty of John Martyn’s Small Hours, a track as close to perfection as it gets.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - Unclassified, Adelle Stripe's Listening Chair

Elizabeth Alker welcomes author Adelle Stripe into the Unclassified Listening Chair.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Nick Langley @nicklangley.bsky.social · 3d

They suck you up, your mum & dad.

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 3d

I was the product of the failed apocalypse that year, having been conceived when the end never came. Staying Alive Til Past 75. Babylon the Great & Jezebel were heroes from an early age — style icons!

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for tuning in, David. Have tried to find the padded original edition of My Book of Bible Stories (with the red embossed font) but it’s rare and expensive these days. Perhaps the most unsuitable children’s book of all time?

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 10d

My 2017 novel (which was recently republished by Virago) is this week’s selection at Small Distractions / Hyde Park Book Club in Leeds.

Nice to see it having a second wind.

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 11d

Sad to hear this news. RIP Tony Harrison.

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 11d

"Tony Harrison (30 April 1937 – 26 September 2025) was an English poet, translator and playwright. He was born in Beeston, Leeds and he received his education in Classics from Leeds Grammar School and Leeds University."
R.I.P.

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Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social · 13d

She's not on here but my pal Terri White has made this powerful and moving documentary about child poverty full of heart and muscle. Please watch it, we should all watch it – vital viewing: www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

Raising kids in poverty: The UK’s ‘inhumane’ two child limit

Child poverty in the UK is now at record levels, with 4.5 million kids living in poverty. One of the biggest drivers of this is the controversial two limit child policy, which caps universal credit an...

www.theguardian.com

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 17d

Is that you, Nosferatu?

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 19d

That was the nickname for our old faithful hound, Clifford — aka the canine bogbrush.

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 19d

It’s the Popular People’s Front of Hebden Bridge I’ll have you know!

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · 27d

Heading to Leeds next month for Small Distractions Literary Salon, where I’ll be in conversation with Amy McCarthy. Come one and all.

www.seetickets.com/tour/small-d...

www.seetickets.com

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Sep 7

HBD Virgo Queen. Don’t behave!

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The TLS @thetls.bsky.social · Sep 4

'Her outrage, in the act of expression, seems to feed on itself. If a point is conceded, she finds another hair to split, by return of post.'

Gwendoline Riley on Muriel Spark’s irrepressible creative drive

A spitting comet

www.the-tls.com

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Sep 4

Calling all scholars of Punk…

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Sep 4

Call for book proposals!

Are you passionate about punk? 🤘
Do you have an idea for a book? 📖
Send us your idea for a fresh take on punk to mark the 50th anniversary, that could be the next instalment our acclaimed British Pop Archive series. 🎶
More details below 👇 #booksky #punk

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congrats Cosey x

Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 30

Same. Was drinking loose leaf at a young age and still have to make a proper brew. Always preferred ‘Nan Drinks’. The lack of Barley Water on the shelves these days is upsetting though. I trust you are a Dandelion & Burdock fan?

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 30

My niece (aged 9) absolutely loves it. Had my first taste a few weeks ago and was perplexed by its popularity. Which is exactly as it should be. We are old / they are young and rightly should have their own new things to get excited about.

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 29

The fierce new paperback cover of Base Notes has just landed courtesy of @whiterabbitbks.bsky.social -- and is now available to preorder at your local independent bookshop.

If you squint, you’ll see ‘Clive Loves Dawn’ written on the number plate…

store.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/products/bas...

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 26

Roll up for signed editions, defaced and scribbled on just a few weeks ago.

Fox Lane Books 🦊 @foxlanebooks.bsky.social · Aug 26

We’ve #SIGNED copies of Adelle Stripe’s @adellestripe.bsky.social
new memoir Base Notes, plus signed copies of her other books.

Each copy of Base Notes is stamped & sprayed with the perfume Adelle created herself 🌸

A life told in scents, memory by memory

www.foxlanebooks.co.uk/search?q=Ade...

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Barry Burns @barry.mogwai.scot · Aug 26

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 26

A balanced (long-form) view of the Constance Marten trial, far better than the sensationalist take on this case that has appeared in so many places.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 26

‘In an odd twist of courtroom dynamics, both Constance Marten and her mother were classified as bad mothers who did not care sufficiently for their children. They were both in the dock for their failures, but only Marten was on trial.’

Clair Wills on Marten’s trials: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Clair Wills · The Price of Safety: Constance Marten’s Defiance

The trials of Constance Marten and Mark Gordon were held to determine their criminal responsibility for their daughter...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 22

A helpful guide has just been published by the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain for those writing nonfiction (concerning legal, defamation and copyright etc). It’s free and available here>

writersguild.org.uk/wp-content/u...

writersguild.org.uk

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 12

Heard Laurie Anderson play this on her 6Music show and was stopped dead in my tracks. Not sure if it ever had an official release. Lou wrote it for their wedding day. It’s sublime.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=0RDc...

Lou Reed - The Power of the Heart (2008)

YouTube video by Lou Reed - Il Sito Italiano

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Happy birthday Mr Herzog x

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Adelle Stripe @adellestripe.bsky.social · Aug 7

Looking forward to the inaugural Whitby Lit Fest in November, where I'll be discussing Bram Stoker's Dracula at the Working Class Library Podcast's live event...

It's a great programme with loads of interesting writers holding court. Tickets here:

whitbylitfest.org.uk/event/the-wo...

The Working-Class Library: Live Podcast with special guest author Adelle Stripe - Whitby Lit Fest

Join writer and editor Richard Benson (The Farm, The Valley) and Claire Malcolm (CEO of New Writing North) from the Working Class Library podcast as they seek to explore and reclaim working-class peop...

whitbylitfest.org.uk

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